Jim05 wrote:Grahaml wrote:NZ not winning the race and look like they'll finish behind Australia. Barring a capsize or something dramatic the medal race is a procession for Australia with the gold secured!
I was under the impression the Gold was ours.
Dont think it matters if we come last in the final
I watched with great anticipation and enthusiasm (for a sport I've never watched more than 30 seconds of before).
We had to finish better than 7th but if the Cypriot finished worse than 4th then we'd automatically win gold no matter what else happened (ie, no one else could've snatched the gold other than us or the Cypriot).
So Slingsby's intentions were to cut him off and disable him from coming 4th or better, which he did. I think Slingsby came either 8th or 9th but the Cypriot came last, meaning we won gold.
Interesting scoring system whereby if you come first you get 1pt, second 2pts etc. Effectively like golf, the lowest score wins! Not many sports that have a scoring system like that.